Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
HA staff commended for outstanding performance
Since 1993, the HA has been organising this staff reward and recognition programme annually to commend outstanding staff members and teams. To encourage the young generation, the HA added a new category, the Young Achievers Award, since 2018 to recognise the good performance of the new workforce generation.
The Outstanding Staff and Teams and Young Achievers Award Selection Panel was chaired by HA Board Member Ms Margaret Cheng, who noted that the awardees contributed to patient services or the development of the HA in different aspects. They demonstrated professionalism, dedication and perseverance in protecting the health of citizens across various areas, while fully embracing the HA’s core values of “People-centred Care, Professional Service, Committed Staff and Teamwork”. Their contributions are truly commendable, she said.
Other members of the Selection Panel included HA Board ex-Member Professor Chan Wai-yee; awardee of the HA Outstanding Staff Award 2024, Dr Axel Siu; the HA Chief Executive, Dr Tony Ko; the Hong Kong West Cluster Chief Executive, Dr Theresa Li; and the Head of Human Resources, Mr David Mak.
The awards received an overwhelming number of nominations this year, with a total of 94 submissions received. Contributions of participants to the following core values of the HA were adopted as the selection criteria for the Outstanding Staff and Teams by the Selection Panel:
As for the Young Achievers Award, awardees were able to demonstrate HA core values, possess the attributes of being an advocate for his/her profession and could always energise the team, think out of the box and be a good communicator.
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